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The Finback is one of the largest terrestrial walking creatures on Agrona inhabiting the outskirts of the red jungles. These giants feed off of the plentiful worm trees, possessing robust digestive systems to extract as many nutrients as possible. They can often be seen using their size to push over smaller worm trees to feed on the photosynthetic membranes. The finbacks tend to ignore the rest of the worm tree and prefer the soft membrane tissues but could accidentally kill the worm tree in the process. The worm trees have methods to try to deter them but finbacks are very persistent. They exist within unstable herds where familial members will join with other family groups to find better feeding groups. Due to the size of a finback, they often don’t worry about predators at all aside from attacks on the young and sick members of the group which they will protect with their lives. Modified tissue on the front feet developed into hardened claw-like structures that they use for defense and for foraging in times of food shortage. Finbacks are known to stay in mated pairs with the unique 6 sexes system being vestigial in the species. Only male, female, and hermaphrodites exist within their populations which is thought to mean they are not under heavy breeding pressure. This does not mean that carrier finbacks don’t exist as the occasional genetic mutation does arise. These pairs form groups that are composed of 2 or 4 mated pairs. While the lifespan of the finbacks is unknown, it is known that they live long enough to have their gill sails frayed at the edge and elders having their pyrite beak worn to the point of being unusable which leads to them starving. The only predators that attempt any frequent attack are the sawdragons and only during the seasonal finback migration. This migration happens during the cooling period of the year and is done to find new feeding grounds. These migrations require crossing treacherous terrain and between mountain ranges.

Description
The Finback is one of the largest terrestrial walking creatures on Agrona inhabiting the outskirts of the red jungles. These giants feed off of the plentiful worm trees, possessing robust digestive systems to extract as many nutrients as possible. They can often be seen using their size to push over smaller worm trees to feed on the photosynthetic membranes. The finbacks tend to ignore the rest of the worm tree and prefer the soft membrane tissues but could accidentally kill the worm tree in the process. The worm trees have methods to try to deter them but finbacks are very persistent. They exist within unstable herds where familial members will join with other family groups to find better feeding groups. Due to the size of a finback, they often don’t worry about predators at all aside from attacks on the young and sick members of the group which they will protect with their lives. Modified tissue on the front feet developed into hardened claw-like structures that they use for defense and for foraging in times of food shortage. Finbacks are known to stay in mated pairs with the unique 6 sexes system being vestigial in the species. Only male, female, and hermaphrodites exist within their populations which is thought to mean they are not under heavy breeding pressure. This does not mean that carrier finbacks don’t exist as the occasional genetic mutation does arise. These pairs form groups that are composed of 2 or 4 mated pairs. While the lifespan of the finbacks is unknown, it is known that they live long enough to have their gill sails frayed at the edge and elders having their pyrite beak worn to the point of being unusable which leads to them starving. The only predators that attempt any frequent attack are the sawdragons and only during the seasonal finback migration. This migration happens during the cooling period of the year and is done to find new feeding grounds. These migrations require crossing treacherous terrain and between mountain ranges.